#a297a9

Color #a297a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a297a9

RGB

rgb(162, 151, 169)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 9.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 10.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.9, 7.47, -7.93)

LCH

lch(63.9, 10.89, 313.29)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0287, 312.46)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 59.2%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea997

Analogous

#9997a9

#a297a9

#a997a7

Triadic

#a297a9

#a9a297

#97a9a2

Split-complementary

#a297a9

#a7a997

#97a999

Tetradic

#a297a9

#a9979e

#9ea997

#97a9a2

Square

#a297a9

#a99997

#9ea997

#97a7a9

Shades

Color #a297a9 mixed toward black.

#887a91

#6d6075

#524858

#36303a

#1b181d

Tints

Color #a297a9 mixed toward white.

#b1a8b7

#c1bac6

#d0cbd4

#e0dce2

#efeef1

Tones

Color #a297a9 mixed toward gray.

#a298a7

#a19aa6

#a19ba4

#a19da3

#a09ea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da5 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9fa4 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#a1a2a1 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a297a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a297a9]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#a297a9 (#a297a9) is rgb(162, 151, 169) in RGB.

No, #a297a9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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